Cronus Definition

krōnəs
noun
A Titan who overthrows his father, Uranus, to become ruler of the universe and is himself overthrown by his son Zeus: identified with the Roman Saturn.
Webster's New World
pronoun

The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon.

Wiktionary

Origin of Cronus

  • Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Kronos), possibly from the Ancient Greek κραίνω (krainō, “to rule or command”).

    From Wiktionary

Cronus Sentence Examples

  • In the first group are found Infinite Time, or Cronus; Tellus and Atlas supporting the globe, representing the union of Earth and Heaven; Oceanus; the Fates; Infinite Time giving into the hand of his successor Ormazd the thunderbolt, the symbol of authority; Ormazd struggling with a giant of evil - the Mithraic gigantomachy.

  • The head of the divine hierarchy of Mithras was Infinite Time - Cronus, Saturn; Heaven and Earth were his offspring, and begat Ocean, who formed with them a trinity corresponding to Jupiter, Juno, and Neptune.

  • It is probable that Zalmoxis is Sabazius, the Thracian Dionysus or Zeus; Mnaseas of Patrae identified him with Cronus.

  • Originally a fisherman and diver of Anthedon in Boeotia, having eaten of a certain magical herb sown by Cronus, he leapt into the sea, where he was changed into a god, and endowed with the gift of unerring prophecy.

  • The work professes to be an interpretation of an allegorical picture in the temple of Cronus at Athens or Thebes.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to Cronus using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

CCRCRO

Words Ending With

SUSNUS

Unscrambles

Cronus

Words Starting With C and Ending With S

Starts With C & Ends With SStarts With CR & Ends With SStarts With C & Ends With US

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With S